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A pan with butter chicken.

Butter Chicken in 20 minutes

Author: Veena Azmanov
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 17 mins
Total Time: 27 mins
Calories: 389kcal
Adjust Servings Here: 4 servings

Description

This butter chicken recipe is the best you will ever make and definitely better than any restaurant take out. Made with boneless chicken, yogurt, and easy to find spices, and done in just 20 minutes. Serve it over steam rice for a quick lunch or dinner.

Ingredients 

  • 1 lb (450 g) Chicken thighs or breast
  • 2 cups Greek yogurt
  • 1 tablespoon Garlic grated
  • 1 tablespoon Ginger grated
  • 2 tablespoon Lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon Cooking oil
  • 1 tablespoon Ghee or butter
  • 2 tablespoon Tomato paste
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • ½ teaspoon Black pepper

SPICES

  • ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder
  • 2 tablespoon Coriander powder
  • 2 teaspoon Cumin powder
  • ½ teaspoon Garam masala
  • 2 teaspoon Paprika hot or sweet

WHOLE SPICES

  • 2 Cardamom pods
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 1 Black cardamom (optional)
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 4 Curry leaves (optional)

Instructions

  • In a glass or stainless mixing bowl, combine the yogurt, all the spices, ginger, garlic, and lemon juice. Combine well.
  • You can leave this to marinate for 15 minutes on the counter up to 12 hours in the refrigerator.
  • In a skillet or saute pan, add oil and ghee.
  • Add the whole spices – saute 30 seconds.
  • Then, add the chicken with marinade.
  • Stir fry for 2 minutes on medium-high.
  • Then, add the tomato paste – combine well.
  • Cover and cook for 15 minutes.
  • Open pan, taste and adjust seasoning.
  • Garnish with cilantro leaves.
  • Server over steamed rice, chapati or naan.

Recipe Notes

What can you do with leftover butter chicken?

Indian Butter Chicken is great to have on hand for many things, so leftovers are always a great thing to have on hand.
  1. Butter Chicken Wraps - This quick butter chicken makes a great snack for kids' school meals. You can buy or make tortilla or Indian chapati.
  2. or Butter Chicken Sandwiches - Use them as the base for sandwiches of course - add some sliced cucumbers and tomatoes.
  3. Butter Chicken Noodles - Make a batch of butter chicken and instead of serving it with chapati or rice - serve it over a bed of steaming hot noodles.
  4. or Butter Chicken Pasta - Do the same with Pasta - serve it with a bowl of penne.
  5. Butter chicken pizza - sprinkle butter chicken pieces on your favorite pizza before the cheese.
 

The nutrition information and metric conversion are calculated automatically. I cannot guarantee its accuracy. If this data is important to you please verify with your trusted nutrition calculator. Thank you

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